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BEIJING, March 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Air China recently opened Beijing-Hailar-Chita rotations. The flights, CA917/8, are operated with B737-300 on Wednesday and Friday, offering more travel options to the market.
The city of Chita is the administrative center of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia and an important hub of the Trans-Siberian Railway and roads. To its west is Ulan-Ude and to its east Svobodny. It provides easy access to China's Manzhouli. Around the city are rich deposits of tin, aluminum, gold, copper, molybdenum, fluorspar, iron ore and coal as well as large stretches of forests and hydraulic resources, which contribute to Chita's position as one of eastern Siberia's important industrial centers.
![[From left to right] Mr Greg Hamilton, President, Aviation Week Network; Mr Tony Lugg, Chairman, Transported Asset Protection Association, APAC; Mr Michael Duck, EVP Commercial Development, Informa Markets; Ms Vivian Cheung, Acting CEO, Airport Authority Hong Kong; the Honourable Michael Wong Wai-lun, GBS, JP, Deputy Financial Secretary of the Government of the HKSAR; Mr Lam Sai-hung, GBS, JP, Secretary for Transport and Logistics Bureau; Mr Victor Liu Chi-Yung, Director General of Civil Aviation, Ms Yang Jiru, Party Secretary, International Cooperation and Service Center of CAAC, Mr Simon Li, President, Hong Kong International Aviation Academy, Ms Athena Gong, VP, Asia & eCommerce Lead, Informa Markets Asia](https://mma.prnasia.com/media2/2549147/Super_Terminal_Expo.jpg?p=medium600)
